Senior rapes girl at home

A 15-year-old girl was raped by her school senior at her house on June 1 and then again a few days later. The accused is the son of a Punjab police employee.

Sources said that the accused had also threatened to kill the girl, if she disclosed the matter to anyone. However, the girl confided the matter to her mother, who is a housewife. The victim's father had passed away a few years ago and she was living with her mother and a younger sister at Sultanwind Road.

Sources also added that the victim had dropped out of the school after the accused started teasing her. However, soon the boy found a way to her house.

In a complaint, the victim has alleged that the accused was her classmate and and had been harassing her. She has added that that on June 1 at about 7:30 pm the accused came to her house when nobody was at home and raped her.

The complainant has also alleged that the father of the accused, who is a police official, also threatened her. She has added that she was again raped on June 4.

"The accused is a student of XII, one class ahead of the victim, of a school in East Mohan Nagar area," said ASI Janak Raj, of B division police station. He added that raids were being conducted at different places to arrest the accused, who was likely to be arrested soon. The accused has been booked under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.